Re: Re: Pirate PHP books online?

Larry Garfield wrote:

If a plumber fixes your toilet, he gets paid once.

A plumber came recently to fix our hot water system. It took him less than one hour. He got paid about $100.

If a writer writes a book, he gets paid n times, where n is a (hopefully for him) ever-increasing number.

I write a book (actually, I've written several). It takes me on average seven or eight months' full-time work. You buy a copy of my book, I get $1.50-$2.25. For me to get the same rate of pay as a plumber, I would need to sell 70,000 copies of each book. I should be so lucky. David Powers